Clinical Nurse- Emergency Department

Tampa General Hospital•Tampa, FL

8h•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, following established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines, the Clinical Nurse delivers nursing care to patients. This role involves planning and implementing nursing care, documenting nursing assessments, identifying and reporting situations requiring further intervention, formulating and communicating goal-directed plans of care, and assuring patient rights. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision, and values of Tampa General Hospital and principles of quality improvement.

Requirements

Associate's Degree Nursing
Registered Nurse License/Registration - Issued by Florida or Compact State
Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross

Nice To Haves

Unit specific certifications may be required. May include but not limited to: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
Unit specific certifications may be required. May include but not limited to: Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS)
Unit specific certifications may be required. May include but not limited to: STROKE National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
Unit specific certifications may be required. May include but not limited to: STABLE

Responsibilities

Assesses and analyzes the health status of patients in assigned nursing unit in a comprehensive manner.
Performs and/or assures completed assessments on all patients admitted within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
Performs on-going assessments and documents according to policy and procedure, reports significant findings of admission and on-going assessments to appropriate member of heath care team.
Initiates discharge planning process with initial admission assessment.
Plans patient care on assigned unit in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.
Formulates individualized patient plan of care based on assessment data within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
Updates plan of care based on the patient assessment within appropriate time period.
Directs, implements and coordinates patient care activities on assigned unit to ensure the delivery of quality care.
Communicates the plan of care to other members of the healthcare team through daily worksheet conferences, verbally during the shift and shift report.
Directs care team members in accordance with their scope of practice.
Communicates and documents all patient care given including assessments, plan of care, interventions, patient response, and follow up.
Transcribes and directs the implementation of physician orders.
Provides patient education based on assessed needs and evaluates understanding.
Conducts ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes and documents effectiveness of planned and implemented interventions and strategies in relation to the plan of care within time frames per policy/unit standards.
Includes patient and family in the evaluation process.
Provides appropriate patient assessment and care specific to the needs of the patient populations served (e.g. age groups, patients of size; diagnosis-based).
Demonstrates knowledge and awareness of the specific physical, psychosocial and developmental needs of patients as appropriate to the populations served.